The five words "damn thing" came out of his mouth, and Emperor Han Mingyue's forehead was twisted into a "Sichuan" character.

"You're saying this thing is poisonous?" Han Mingyue asked, "But didn't you taste it yourself just now?" ”

"This thing itself is non-toxic, but when it is used on people, it ......"

"Isn't this Ejiao?" Zhao Ji'an, who was standing on the side, asked Fu Haidao in a low voice.

Fu Hai took a smaller one, and the two fathers-in-law didn't see any way to the door.

"He Xuan, tell me what this is. Why did it kill people. ”

After listening to the emperor's words, He Xuan nodded, and then said: "When Weichen's father was here, he used to diagnose his neighbors in the countryside, and Weichen also accompanied his father to see some ...... shoddy, even fake things. The piece you are holding in your hand, Your Majesty, is actually not Ejiao, but a ...... It is similar to the glue made from cat skin, dog skin, and even broken bones. ”

"What?" The emperor couldn't believe what his ears heard, "You get up first." ”

"Yes." He Xuan stood up and stood aside.

"Someone." As soon as the emperor's emperor fell, Zuo Liang rushed in.

"Your Majesty. What are the commands? ”

"Go, go to the Imperial Pharmacy. Bring me all the ejiao here. I want He Xuan to test these 'ejiao' in front of me. ”

"Yes." Hearing this, Zuo Liang had some scruples in his heart, is the emperor angry now, is it aimed at Ejiao or He Xuan?

Zuo Liang raised his head and glanced at He Xuan who was standing aside from the corner of his eye, seeing He Xuan looking at him with a smile in his eyes, Zuo Liang consciously jumped a few times in his heart, hurriedly turned around and walked out.

On the way to the imperial room, Zuo Liang had been gritting his teeth with anger, and even the sergeants who accompanied him didn't know what was going on, and he could make his general angry like this. Zuo Liang didn't say anything, so they naturally didn't dare to ask more, thinking that someone in this imperial pharmacy must have offended the emperor, so the general was involved.

Later, it is conceivable that the imperial pharmacy was copied and inspected by these resentful sergeants, from the warehouse to the pharmacy, and even in the wrapped medicine bag, not even a crumb of Ejiao was left.

They piled these things in large bags and small boxes on the same car, and then returned to Concubine Zuo's palace.

Seeing that the things had been shipped back, the emperor looked at He Xuan and ordered in a low voice: "Go and take a closer look at me, how many of them are Ejiao and how many are not." ”

"Yes." He Xuan replied in a low voice and came to the courtyard. Fu Hai and Zhao Ji'an sent a few little eunuchs to follow behind.

He Xuan first asked the little eunuchs to open the largest pocket, and before they could see it, a fishy smell rushed to their noses. He Xuan didn't look at these two big bags carefully, and came directly to a few relatively small boxes.

After He Xuan looked at these four or five boxes, smelled them and tasted them, he divided the little eunuch into three places and placed them.

Then, he took a dollar from each of the two boxes, smashed it, and then brewed it with hot water.

Then he ordered the little eunuchs to take a piece of money each, put it in a tray, and came to Houzhi.

"Done?"

"Back to the emperor, I'm done with my experience."

"Let's talk about it."

"Yes. The things in front of you, Your Majesty, are what we all call 'Ejiao', and they are about four levels. As he spoke, He Xuan first took a piece from the little eunuch's hand, and then said, "This piece is the finest ejiao, which is made from a whole piece of donkey skin. It is really the best grade for blood tonic. ”

The emperor beckoned, He Xuan put Ejiao in the little eunuch's hand and handed it over, the emperor looked at it and put it aside.

He Xuan picked up the second piece in the tray and said, "This piece is actually not Ejiao, but the doctor calls it 'substitute gum', it is not made of donkey skin, it is made of pig skin." It also has efficacy, but it is inferior to Ejiao, but among the people, the people are happy to accept this glue, because it is much cheaper than Ejiao, and the people can afford it. ”

As he spoke, he also asked the little eunuch to hand over the glue.

Han Mingyue put these two pieces of glue together and compared them, and the color and transparency were almost comparable.

"The emperor can smell it. Let's take a look at the two glasses of water that Weichen soaked just now. ”

Han Mingyue sniffed it, looked at it again, and still didn't distinguish it. He looked at He Xuan with some confusion. He Xuan smiled and said: "The emperor doesn't often walk around the pharmacy, if you smell it carefully, this ejiao is more fragrant than this pigskin glue." If it is placed in summer, this porcine rubber is more likely to soften. ”

When the emperor heard this, he nodded.

Not only the emperor, but even Fu Hai, Yue Ji'an and Zuo Liang who were present were also impressed by He Xuan at this time, Zuo Liang thought in his heart: At that time, he and his own healing methods, he had never seen it, but he thought it was like a simple disposal in the military camp, but he didn't expect that this He Xuan was also very familiar with medicinal materials...... Looking at the emperor's appearance, it seems that he likes him more and more, so it's okay, another day, I want to introduce him to my father, so that my father can have more arms.

At this time, I only heard He Xuan continue: "The emperor doesn't have to look at the other two. ”

"Why?"

"This thing has a fishy smell, for fear of causing the emperor to feel uncomfortable. I'll just talk about it, just listen to it, Your Majesty. ”

The emperor seemed to be unwilling, and said to Fu Hai and Zhao Ji'an: "You go and see it for me." ”

The two stewards responded, came to He Xuan's side, and when they walked over, the fishy smell rushed out of their noses.

He Xuan smiled and asked, "Two fathers-in-law, you two guess which of the remaining two pieces is better." ”

Fu Hai pointed to one of them and said, "This one looks pretty neat." ”

"That's what my father-in-law said. The surface is smoother, indicating that the glue is still skin. However, this skin has no effect on blood replenishment, and it is not good to eat, and it is not bad. However, if you eat for a long time, it will cause blood stasis and blood flow will not be smooth. ”

"What about this one? It's not good to look at the image. Zhao Ji'an said.

"My father-in-law is wise. This piece is all the medicine in Concubine Zuo Niangniang now, this thing not only can't replenish blood, but also bleeds, and the loss of Niangniang is stable, and the amount of my medicine is not large, otherwise, after three or two days, the dragon descendant is afraid that it will have already slipped. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ji'an's face turned green.

"Zhao Ji'an, how did you do this?" The emperor listened to He Xuan's words, took the case, and asked loudly.

"Your Majesty......" Zhao Ji'an fell to his knees with a "plop", wanting to argue a few words for himself, but he didn't know how to say it, this lady's food has always been responsible for herself, and of course she is to blame. Fuhai also has a heart to help, but he doesn't know where to start.

"Your Majesty, can Wei Chen interject." He Xuan said.

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Yes. Emperor. The minister has a few words to ask Zhao Gonggong, but I don't know if it's okay. ”

"Asked. You know better than I did. Give me a detailed question. ”

Zuo Liang, who was standing on the side, really sweated for this Zhao Ji'an, and now He Xuan wanted to ask, but would he help Zhao Ji'an, or was he ready to step on him?

"Dare to ask Father-in-law Zhao, did you personally go to the imperial pharmacy to pick up the medicine that day?"

"It's not a miscellaneous family. Niangniang's medicine, take it every three days, that day Niangniang said that she was upset, and asked the miscellaneous family to read to her to relieve her boredom, and the palace maid was sent to get the medicine. ”

"Have you checked before you retrieve the frying?"

"I have checked, the emperor has decreed that all food and drink must be carefully inspected. Not only inspected, but also inspected by the palace people before they dared to serve it. ”

After He Xuan heard this, he smiled at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, forgive the minister, I'm afraid that I can't really complain about Gonggong Zhao." ”

"How?"

"One, it's not Zhao's father-in-law who takes medicine, even if it is, taking medicine in this palace is not like the people grabbing medicine, and it's blindly placed on the cabinet; Second, even if it is placed on the counter, the one who does not know it still does not know it; Third, the father-in-law has been inspected in advance and used after the fact, and he has done his duty. How can the emperor still punish him. ”

Hearing He Xuan's words, Zhao Ji'an cast a look of gratitude, don't care if you can help or not, this kid can be regarded as doing his best for himself.

Although He Xuan's words were a soft nail, Han Mingyue also felt that there was some truth, and he asked: "Then who do you say should be punished?" ”

"Whoever is punished or not, Weichen can't decide. Just wanted to ask a little more personally. ”

"Who?"

"The one who picks up the medicine that day."

"Here."

The little eunuch who went to get the medicine that day was so frightened that he couldn't even walk at this time, so he crawled over.

"Don't be afraid, our emperor is not a mediocre person, let's talk well." He Xuan squatted down and said to the little eunuch.

The little eunuch's crying face was swollen, he nodded, and wiped his tears with his sleeve.

"When you went that day, the medicine was already packed?"

"Nope. It's ready-made. ”

"You took Fang Zi there? Or is it under the back? ”

"Grandpa Yue said, this recipe has to be kept. On weekdays, it's just him who holds it. When I went, he asked me to make a copy, and I took the copy I copied. ”

"Are you literate?"

"I've been studying for a few days."

"So, the person who grabbed the medicine, do you know you?"

"My lord, I only entered the palace two months ago, and my face is not familiar yet, and few people know me."

2 months ago...... It was the time of the big competition, He Xuan's heart was sour, she had a big competition two months ago, and now she has reached the sky in one step; This child, who is two years younger than himself, had a huge pain two months ago, and he is no longer a whole person in this life.

"Someone, give me this eunuch ......"

"Your Majesty, slow down."

"How?"

"This child deserves to be punished, but it is not his fault. Your Majesty, you think, it's the person who catches the medicine who watches the dishes from the people, how can you blame the person who takes the medicine! ”

"Drag me out and put ten boards on it." The emperor said angrily.

"Emperor Xie, Emperor Xie ......"

Although he was beaten, at least his life was definitely saved.

"Get up too." The emperor said to Zhao Ji'an.

I thought that the next step would be to detain the pharmacy manager, but I didn't want to run in from the outside alone. Beckoning to Tomami, Tomami walked out, only to see the man whispering a few words to him.

When Fuhai came back, he said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the manager of the imperial pharmacy committed suicide." ”